Applying for grade protection for students with disabilities

Procedure

• The application for grade protection must be submitted to the school management by the parent or legal guardian, or by the pupil themselves if they are of legal age.
• There are different procedures depending on the grade:
  
  • Transition from the fourth to the fifth grade:
    
    • The school management decides on the application for grade protection on the basis of a recommendation from the report conference at the end of the first semester of the fourth grade.
  • In grades 5 to 9 of the Oberschule and Gymnasium, the report conference decides on the basis of subject-specific opinions.
  • In the case of final examinations and examination-relevant achievements, the responsible school authority decides on the application for grade protection on the basis of a current statement from the school management and a statement from the Regional Counseling and Support Center or the Mobile Service.

A note about the grade protection granted is included in the report card or in the learning development report, which specifies the non-achievement, the achievement assessed according to deviating standards or the non-assessed subject-related achievement
. The reason for the grade protection is not stated.

Legal bases

• § 38 Bremisches Schulgesetz (BremSchulG)
• § 17- 18 Bremische Verordnung über die Inklusive Bildung an öffentlichen Schulen (BremInBilV)